London's V&A museum has acquired a series of objects from Extinction Rebellion, including flags, pamphlets and digital files, that show how the global activist group has used design to galvanise public opinion.
The items were acquired by the museum's Rapid Response Collecting programme, with several of the physical objects currently on display alongside the first 3D-printed gun, the flag of the Refugee Olympic Team and a Pussyhat from Washington Women's March on the third floor of the museum.

Alongside the physical items the V&A has also acquired a digital file of the group's Extinction symbol, while Extinction Rebellion's (XR) Art Group also gave the museum a digital copy of its website.
The items are intended to demonstrate that art and design are "key to Extinction Rebellion's demands for urgent action" and its efforts to influence public and political opinion on the dangers of climate change.
The donations include a printed pamphlet detailing the group's Declaration of Rebellion from the first print-run, and two printing blocks used to make protest flags and posters during a series of public workshops.
One is 3D-printed and shows the XR logotype, whilst the other is the group's symbol and is machine-cut from plywood. The symbol of a cross within a circle was designed by east London artist ESP in 2011 and adopted by the group last year.

Alongside these are green, pink and blue flags featuring the symbol and six screen-printed patches designed to b...